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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Mutant p53 as an Antigen in Cancer Immunotherapy.

Navid Sobhani, Alberto D'Angelo, Xu Wang, Ken H Young, Daniele Generali, Yong Li

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular origin, discovery, validation and application of neoantigens.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2026
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  12. Clinical and Immunological Effects of p53-Targeting Vaccines.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Navid SobhaniSection of Epidemiology and Population Science, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1381-0283
Alberto D'AngeloDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8417-9172
Xu WangSection of Epidemiology and Population Science, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ken H YoungDepartment of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Daniele GeneraliDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Cattinara Hospital, Strada Di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6002-1530
Yong LiSection of Epidemiology and Population Science, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USDuke University · USUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The p53 tumor suppressor plays a pivotal role in cancer and infectious disease. Many oncology treatments are now calling on immunotherapy approaches, and scores of studies have investigated the role of p53 antibodies in cancer diagnosis and therapy. This review summarizes the current knowledge from the preliminary evidence that suggests a potential role of p53 as an antigen in the adaptive immune response and as a key monitor of the innate immune system, thereby speculating on the idea that mutant p53 antigens serve as a druggable targets in immunotherapy. Except in a few cases, the vast majority of published work on p53 antibodies in cancer patients use wild-type p53 as the antigen to detect these antibodies and it is unclear whether they can recognize p53 mutants carried by cancer patients at all. We envision that an antibody targeting a specific mutant p53 will be effective therapeutically against a cancer carrying the exact same mutant p53. To corroborate such a possibility, a recent study showed that a T cell receptor-like (TCLR) antibody, initially made for a wild-type antigen, was capable of discriminating between mutant p53 and wild-type p53, specifically killing more cancer cells expressing mutant p53 than wild-type p53 in vitro and inhibiting the tumour growth of mice injected with mutant p53 cancer cells than mice with wild-type p53 cancer cells. Thus, novel antibodies targeting mutant p53, but not the wild-type isoform, should be pursued in preclinical and clinical studies.

Indexed as

MutationAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigen PresentationAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsPrognosisProteolysisTreatment OutcomeTumor Suppressor Protein p53Antibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53cancerimmunoncologyp53serum antibodiestumor suppressor

Identifiers

PMID32521648
PMCPMC7312027
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